Iraq

Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact?

The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani pact reinforces the US-run regional order that analysts claim it defies - which explains why Trump was so quick to bless it

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters

David Hearst

Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance

How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East

Marco Carnelos

Turkey's cross party Kurdish peace coalition makes history with PKK clemency law

Inside Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco reports bumper profits as it bypasses Strait of Hormuz

Has the UAE's meteoric rise reached its limit?

Ahmed Mawlana

US-Saudi strikes test Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh and Tehran

Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents

Islamic State kills civilians trying to flee Iraq's Mosul

Iranian Kurds march to war: 'We don't care how strong the enemy is'

US boosts 'combat power' in south Syria to face Iran-backed militias

US military still working with blacklisted Iraqi special forces

Iraqi Kurdish independence: Looming on the horizon?

Sharif Nashashibi

Five tangible steps we could take to stop terrorist attacks

Gregory Shupak

Islamic State militants seal off Mosul mosque preparing for last stand

US-backed Syria militia threatens Iraqi Shia forces moving on border

I ran an illegal beauty salon: The secret lives of women under Islamic State

'Thank God you are safe': Baghdad rebuilds after Ramadan attacks

Hostage of Europe: Iranian hunger striker protests his treatment by UNHCR

Arabic press review: UAE oil firm gives Iran $4bn